Not Asian myself – but as an immigrant (to Europe) I think in Western Europe at least you’ll be fine, especially from a law enforcement perspective. Some countries will have more strict enforcement of driving laws – i.e. Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavian countries, so for these places make sure you follow the rules…

Her dream is to obtain her Master’s degree in Germany, and she needs at least $15,000 in order to start the admissions process.

Ehhhh... I mean in the grand scheme of things, it’s pretty middle-tier. I’m from outside the United States, and while of course I know of the UC system and the more famous UCLA and UC Berkeley, I never heard about USC until this scandal.

I’m sure it’s a fine school with good technical rankings (whatever that means),…

I mean American training is a joke compared to Europe. To be a police officer in Berlin takes 2 years at the academy, and then you’re a rookie. How long is the NYPD academy is 6 months?

Yeah, it’s pretty rough...

I went to an American arts school, and basically observed that the crazy tuition prices mean that even with student loans +rare substantial-scholarship students, the art schools for design/animation/fine arts skew middle/upper-class. The additional set-back is that if you’re serious about…

To be honest, they’re also super, super nice to people who wander into their offices trying to get service, but don’t speak the language. Back in my early immigrant days I was definitely super annoying and helpless, but no one ever told me to “get out”, or expressed frustration at my language skills. People always…

Germany is literally getting more tolerant, and more friendly to foreigners.

Not even 10 years ago it was pretty difficult even get government or banking service in Berlin, in any language that isn’t German. Now they offer services in a variety of languages, they have more bilingual workers, and you see signage posted…

I mean, I recall in the UK that during a recent contentious medical case, where the parents wanted a surgery and the doctors felt it was doomed to fail.

The child in this case has an independently appointed representative to look out for their rights (i.e. neither on the parents side, nor the doctors side). That…

NAL, my guess would be they cannot. But from a moral standpoint, that kid had two months of agony. All of it would have been preventable if not for the personal views of the parents.

If children can be forced to receive medical care despite the wishes of their parents (i.e. Jehova’s Witnesses children receiving blood…

They put new posters up in Germany advertising his tour here. I guess they already paid the money to have it all printed and such...

But even if this recent incident didn’t happen, how would someone on probation get past customs in the first place? :/

An exchange student from Denmark told me they thought of Canada Goose as “drug dealer jackets.”

Status symbol, and keeps you warm while standing on a street corner all day selling drugs.

Yeah it’s pretty impressive. I had some Indian and Singaporean coworkers who spoke an whole variety of languages.

I agree with you on some points, but disagree on others....

While it is useful for international business people to speak English, I think you’re really overestimating how many people that actually involves. The vast, vast, majority of people are spending all their time working in their home business markets, or…

I heard a bad joke once:

“If someone who speaks two languages is bilingual, and some who speaks three languages is trilingual, then what do you call someone who speaks one language?”

“An American.”

Heck, EU highschool are supposed to (i.e. it’s a common framework, but depends on country) to speak their home language,…

The argument I’ve heard made, is that some Nordic countries have high social cohesion and also low immigration, which supposedly justifies low immigration. At it’s best... its an argument about social integration, but really it seems like an appeal for white ethnic states. :(

The U.S. has low social cohesion, btw.

Now…

Merkel’s position on refugees has been, and still is more liberal than any English speaking country - she was for example opposed to caps on refugee arrivals, saying that human need had no cap, and that helping refugees was a moral imperative. The reality is though, that she doesn’t have a majority government, and she…

To be fair, AfD is not popular in Germany. They garner a minority of votes, which always goes to some extreme right-wing party - and the refugee crisis has buoyed their support in the last election (somewhere around 15%). None of the other major political parties will work for them out of principle, and even the…

By basically every metric, the average German is better off than the average American. Wage and benefits are immensely better for the average person, there’s public and private healthcare so everyone is covered, education is free, you get like a month of holidays even if you’re a junior employee, public infrastructure…

As a foreigner, it’s pretty crazy that Americans can’t register and vote at the polls. What’s this “in advance” nonsense? :/

Today in Berlin a crazy guy ran into a cathedral and started attacking people with a knife (European gun laws), but was stopped when police shot him in the leg.

The point is, when you train your police for 2-3 years before you deploy them, you get better results.